One Night

Grant me this one night. For as long as it lasts, don't allow the heavy luggage to reach the threshold, leave all the rocks outside this door. Fill the minutes of these hours with the darkness of the night, the splendor of the moon and the warmth of the candle lights illuminating these four walls. Water our conversation with the white wine in our glasses; make its sweetness perennial and so strong that it masks the salt in the tears that devastate my days. Embrace silences and look deep into my eyes in the search of what you once saw. I need to star in this tale to help me escape from the truth that is draining my veins. You are not to worry, the past months have made me wise enough to know the limits of this fantasy. The remains of tonight will bring me back from the dream. Tomorrow I will fight the need to linger at the hole left by you: the fragrance on the side of the bed that you once owned, the outline of your lips on the glass, the melody of your voice inside my head, the last water drops of your shower on the curtain...Let that be tomorrow. Tonight there will be no questions, there will be no thoughts. Let us enjoy this lie and make it last until it is unveiled by the bitterness of that last kiss when you say goodbye.